'Mummy Loves Daddy'
(new paintings)
Studio
1.1 is delighted to inaugurate an occaisional series of informal exhibitions
with a showing for two weeks of new paintings by David Ben White.

Since showing with us in October last year, David's work has taken an exciting
new direction, which we would like to share and celebrate.

While within the skewed anthropomorphy of pigeons, wigs and ice-cream sundaes
of his last work a sensuality was always implicit, not least in his handling
of paint, now it becomes unavoidable (and where do we look?)

Somewhere between Disney and Kinsey, these restrained semi-abstractions
suggest a half-understood adult realm. As though Picabia's son had stumbled
upon him and Udnie in flagrante. An unreliable witness, uncertain
what he's seen, yet intuiting pleasure.

They inhabit a proto-lapsarian world on the borders of Eden as sensuality
slides towards shame. Haptic passivity shades into guilty action as we
reach out to prove the sensations we see. Awareness of self puts an end
to innocence.

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The idea of studiovisits@1.1 is to give an opportunity to artists to show
and get feedback on work they have very recently completed and to enable
the public to get a first hand view of new work before it becomes part
of the slow grind of the mainstream exhibition timetable.

Some artists will naturally prefer to wait for the perfect exhibition.
But for others perhaps keen just to see what the new work looks like in
a different context, or to know what a smaller but selected audience might
think of it, these shows will provide an interim situation between the
rigours of a studio visit and the artificiality of a full-blown exhibition
(or vice versa).

And for the viewer it will provide a more intimate glimpse of the work
and thought-processes of the artist. Bringing to the surface that often
submerged triangle of communication between artist/audience/gallery.
Exploiting in particular our gallery's ability to respond rapidly to exciting
new work, giving immediate access to new ideas and directions, including
discussions and/or presentations by the artists themselves.

You are invited to come to what we hope will be as much fun as the best
private views but with a far better chance of seeing the work.

That is after all why we all do it.

Studio 1.1

For more information or images contact:
Michael Keenan on 07952 986 696